The Reluctant Cougar (Rise of the Alpha King's Heir)

*Complete but still subject to edits*

Ben Cougar and Eileen Grau have been best friends since they were kids. For the young cougar-shifter, it was love at first sight. For the ostracized Vampire girl, it was good to have a friend--even if he was six years younger.

Time changes all things, however, and when Eileen comes home from college Ben is no longer "little" in any sense of the word. He has a young man's body, a young man's desires, and he's done letting other men break his woman's heart.

Ignorant people might call her a cougar, but if Ben has his way, soon everybody will be calling her Mrs. Cougar.

Shapeshifter x vampire
Older woman x younger man

*** A few notes:

This story takes place in the late '90s/early 2000s.

This is a prequel, and while it does lead into the next story it can be read as a HEA standalone.

This is an instant-love, slow-burn story that will include dirty talk and some some tamer aspects of kink-play as the characters' relationship progresses.

Also, because I want everybody to have a happily ever after, this story will occasionally take detours into the minds and relationships of the side characters.

I hope you enjoy!
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